sāpta साप्त sā́pta or sāptá n. (fr. saptan, of which it is also the Vṛddhi form in comp.) the number seven, a heptad, [RV.]; [TS.] a team of seven horses (accord. to others m. and a proper N.), [RV. viii, 55, 5.] n. (fr. sapti) a horse-race, running-match for horses or the prize given for one, [RV. ii, 19, 7.] sāptaleya साप्तलेय mfn. (fr. id.) g. sakhy-ādi. sāptamika साप्तमिक mfn. (fr. saptamī) relating to the seventh day, [Lāṭy.] relating to the seventh case, [RPrāt.] taught in the seventh (Adhyāya of Pāṇini's grammar), [Pat.] sāptapada साप्तपद sāpta—pada mfn. (fr. sapta-pada) belonging to seven steps, based or depending on seven steps (= ‘sincere’, ‘true’), [MBh.]; [Pañcat.]; [BrahmaP.] sāptatika साप्ततिक mfn. (fr. saptati) worth seventy &c., [Pāṇ. v, 1, 19], Sch. sāptadaśya साप्तदश्य sāpta—daśya n. (fr. saptadaśan) the number seventeen, [ŚāṅkhŚr.] sāptalāyana साप्तलायन m. patr. fr. saptala, g. naḍādi. sāptapauruṣa साप्तपौरुष sāpta—pauruṣa mf(I)n. (fr. id.) =, prec. [Mn. iii, 146.] sāptapadīna साप्तपदीन sāpta—padīna mfn. = prec. [Bālar.] sāpta—padīna n. friendship (formed with any one after taking seven paces together, or accord. to others after uttering only seven words), intimacy, [Kum.]; [Pañcat.] circumambulation of the nuptial fire by the bride and bridegroom in seven steps, advance of the bride to meet the bridegroom in seven steps, [MW.], sāptapuruṣa साप्तपुरुष sāpta—puruṣa mfn. (fr. sapta-p°) extending to or comprising seven generations, [Saṃskārak.] sāptarātrika साप्तरात्रिक sāpta—rātrika mf(I)n. (fr. sapta-rātra) lasting seven nights or days, [SāmavBr.]; [Hariv.] sāptatantava साप्ततन्तव sāpta—tantava m. pl. (fr. sapta-tantu) N. of a partic. sect, [Vās., Introd.] sāptarathavāhani साप्तरथवाहनि sāpta—ratha-vāhani m. a patr. [ŚBr.]